Opis

Get the real Time On Site and Bounce Rate in Google Analytics. Google Analytics calculates the Time On Site based on the length of time between a user entering your site and their last page view. This won’t give you the REAL Time on Site and Bounce Rate stats.

Właściwości

Compatible with Google Analytics by MonsterInsights

Old and new tracking codes are supported

Code placement choice between header and footer

Track what percentage of a page has been scrolled

Change time event frequency

Set maximum tracking time

Disable for administrator role

Worst case scenario
A visitor is very interested in one of your pages and takes 2 minutes and 13 seconds to read the article. After this he bookmarks the page and leaves.
This visitor stayed 2 minutes and 13 seconds on your page, but never interacted with it. To Google that is a bounce! And bounced visits are marked 0:00 Time on Site. Not fair, right?

Another bad scenario
A visitor goes to your website and stays 1 minute and 11 seconds on the first page. Then, he goes to a second page where he stays 1 minute and 12 seconds. Without any interaction on this page, he leaves. Since Google doesn’t know how long your visitor stayed on the second page, Google will add only the time the visitor spent on the first page to Analytics. Not fair, right?

This plugin sets this straight. It will tell Google Analytics every 10 seconds that your visitor is still on the page and that there was some interaction on that page. Your page will be “unbounced”.

It’s all based on a script made by Brian Cray and is totally accepted by Google (see Other Notes for more info). The results are more accurate Time on Site and Bounce Rate statistics.Useful links

Idea based on Brian Cray’s post (which he deleted, but it still must be on the Internet somewhere…)

Instalacja

See what happens to your Bounce Rates in Google Analytics after a day 😉

FAQ

Installation Instructions

Upload plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory

Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress

See what happens to your Bounce Rates in Google Analytics after a day 😉

Where can I find the Settings Page?

Dashboard -> Settings -> Reduce Bounce Rate.

Does it work out-of-the-box?

Yes, if you use the Universal Analytics (analytics.js). If you are still using the older ga.js tracking code or if the Google Analytics by MonsterInsights plugin is active, you have go to the Settings Page to choose the one you use. There you can fine-tune how and when you want to send or block info to Analytics.

How do I know it is working?

Check you page source for a line that ends with: /wp-content/plugins/reduce-bounce-rate/js/analyticsjs.js’> for analytics.js, /wp-content/plugins/reduce-bounce-rate/js/gajs.js’> for ga.js and /wp-content/plugins/reduce-bounce-rate/js/ga4wpjs.js’> for working together with WordPress SEO.

By default, the script will be added to the bottom of the page. If this line is not present, your theme might not have wp_footer() in the footer.php.

After a day, you should see the Bounce Rate drop in Google Analytics. Then you’ll know for sure it’s working.

Does it this plugin work for the Universal Analytics (analytics.js) and the (older) Asynchronous Syntax tracking code (ga.js)?

Yes. By default the plugin works for analytics.js. Just change it to ga.js on the Settings Page to make it work for ga.js.

Can I set the maximum tracking time?

Yes, on the Settings Page.

Can I choose the time event frequency myself?

Yes, on the Settings Page.

Will Google still like me after I manipulated the Analytics stats?

Yes. This plugin uses the same tweak Google suggested on it’s own Blog (see Other Notes for the link to the page).

Will I loose my PageRank by using this plugin?

No. Google Analytics doesn’t have anything to do with PageRank. Google doesn’t use any statistics from your Analytics pages for page ranking. Google has it’s own way of getting the stats it wants to use. This also means that you cannot influence your PageRank with this plugin.

I have installed the plugin just two days back and results are amazing. Before installing my bounce rate was around 55-60%. But there is a considerable fall in the bounce rate. Currently it is around 10% average of 2 days. I cannot believe it. Thanks for the good work done.

First time when i use this plugin before that my bounce rate was 83%, i search online for this great plugin and get result in Google, we work really hard to make our content great but in the mean time website bounce rate was huge, so after installing it 15 days later my bounce rate was 39%, i say thanks, thanks, thanks, to Reduce Bounce Rate, we also planning to donate them some $$, and all those who take benefits out of it should also pay them at least $10 so that they can do it’s far better, please try to maintain WordPress community, great developer always Great Person as well. Thanks Again okoth1…